When the new car smell you loved begins to smell like a lemon, you may wonder if you’re entitled to a refund. Unfortunately, powerful car manufacturers are more than happy to send you back to the dealer for endless repair attempts, leaving you with a car that has reduced usefulness, value, or safety. A successful lemon law claim holds vehicle manufacturers accountable by compelling them to honor the terms of their warranty, providing a buyback refund of your purchase price or a replacement vehicle of equal value.
Understanding the California lemon law process helps car buyers know what to expect from the process and a California lemon law attorney is here to help you.
First, Determine If Your Car Fits the Legal Definition of a Lemon Car In California
When a car requires a repair, it’s annoying, especially when the car is newly purchased or leased, but a single defect doesn’t qualify your vehicle as a legal lemon if the dealership successfully repairs the problem quickly on the first repair attempt. However, if your car is still under factory warranty, has undergone four or more repair attempts and the problem persists, or it’s had at least two failed repair attempts for a defect that makes it unsafe, or it has spent 30 or more cummulative days in for repairs, it may qualify for a lemon law refund.
Gather All Evidence
After determining that your car might be a lemon, the next step is to gather the vehicle purchase or lease contract, and all documentation from the dealership showing multiple repair attempts, such as repair orders and invoices. Additional evidence, such as receipts for rental vehicles and towing expenses, may increase the amount you eventually recover in your refund settlement.
Seek an Evaluation of Your Case By a California Lemon Law Lawyer
Our Los Angeles Lemon Lawyers offer free evaluations of your lemon law case. The Lemon Law attorney will review all relevant documents to assess whether your claim has merit. The attorney determines if the persistent warranty problem reduces your car’s value, usefulness, or safety and reviews whether the mechanical or electrical problem is covered under the manufacturer’s warranty. The attorney might also ask whether the vehicle has been in any accidents, has aftermarket parts, or ask how the vehicle was used to ensure that the mechanical fault did not occur through misuse or abuse of the vehicle.
The California Lemon Law Attorney Develops a Strategy
Once you hire a California lemon law lawyer, your lemon law lawyer will develop a strong strategy to prosecute your claim. They examine the details of the case and anticipate counterarguments that the manufacturer is likely to assert to deny your claim. Then, the attorney will implement the strategy to obtain your desired legal remedy.
Negotiating With the Manufacturer
Once the lemon law case has been initiated, your lemon law lawyer will negotiate with the manufacturer to achieve a lemon law refund, cash settlement, or replacement vehicle of similar value. The overwhelming majority of California lemon law cases at our firm are resolved favorably. Over 99% of our firm’s lemon law claims are successful because of the strategies used by our experienced California lemon law lawyers.
Rely on a California Lemon Law Attorney
Powerful car manufacturers are not on your side and will readily protect their profits at your expense or send you to arbitration that only benefits their bottom line. Instead of taking a chance on a failed attempt, call the California lemon law lawyers at Young & Young, APC for experienced legal representation with a results-oriented approach that prioritizes your best interests.
